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Oxford PV’s Co-Founder and CSO Professor Henry Snaith elected fellow of the Royal Society

Professor Henry Snaith, of the University of Oxford Physics Department and solar cell technology company Oxford PV, has been elected fellow of the Royal Society. Professor Henry Snaith has pioneered the development of hybrid materials for energy and photovoltaics through an interdisciplinary combination of materials synthesis, device development, advanced optoelectronic characterisations and theoretical studies. He has created new materials with advanced functionality and enhanced understanding of fundamental mechanisms.

His recent discovery of extremely efficient thin-film solar cells manufactured from organic-inorganic metal halide perovskites has reset aspirations within the photovoltaics community. His work has started a new field of research, attracting both academic and industrial following, propelled by the prospect of delivering a higher efficiency photovoltaic technology at a much lower cost than existing silicon PV.

Solar cells are being scaled up for commercial deployment by spin-out Oxford PV, based at the University of Oxford’s Begbroke Science Park. Visit Oxford PV’s website.

The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship of many of the world’s most distinguished scientists drawn from all areas of science, engineering, and medicine.The Society’s fundamental purpose, reflected in its founding Charters of the 1660s, is to recognise, promote, and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity.
The Society has played a part in some of the most fundamental, significant, and life-changing discoveries in scientific history and Royal Society scientists continue to make outstanding contributions to science in many research areas.

Ben Broughton, Bodle Technologies

“Thank you very much for all the help with signage and room set-up. The meeting ran very smoothly and the Blenheim Room makes a very nice location.”

Jim Watts, Head, Product Engineering, Oxford PV

I found the RSC event hosted at the Begbroke Science Park both extremely informative and a great opportunity for networking with other local scientists. I hadn’t appreciated the extent to which the RSC are supporting small businesses, from the high-profile publicity associated with winning one of their annual awards, to the more direct benefit of their Enterprise Plus scheme (where undergraduate students are provided grants to fulfil industrial placements). Overall I found it to be a great success and an event worth attending. Thank you RSC and Begbroke Science Park.